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Boesky's latest pleading continues the seven-year tailspin that started when he was caught by the Securities and Exchange Commission in 1986 in an insider- trading probe. A self-proclaimed vampire, Boesky was renowned as the "king of the arbitragers" in a high-risk game that thrived on the blood spilled by corporate raiders in the 1980s. Before he was caught, his net worth was estimated at more than $200 million. Though Boesky reduced his penalties by leading investigators to other investors who were profiting from insider information, including junk-bond king Michael Milken, he paid $100 million...
Former President Derek C. Bok lobbied successfully for a seven-year delay before the law became enacted, so that Harvard could adjust to the imminent changes. But time is ticking away, and in some professors' eyes, the University has yet to present a satisfactory package of benefits that would induce them to retire voluntarily. The Faculty needs to continue to seek solutions--and faculty nearing the former retirement age should take into consideration the needs of their departments and of the University...
...fall of 1986, after a massive lobbying effort by then-President Derek C. Bok, the University was granted a seven-year delay to adjust to the end of forced retirement practices...
Amigos is a seven-year old program at the Maynard (Kindergarten through third grade) and Kennedy (grades four through six) schools. It is a "two-way bilingual program," differing from traditional bilingual programs in that it attempts to teach English-speaking students Spanish and Spanish-speaking students English at the same time...
What Fisher calls the "four-year itch" shows up unmistakably in today's divorce statistics. In most of the 62 cultures she has studied, divorce rates peak around the fourth year of marriage. Additional youngsters help keep pairs together longer. If, say, a couple have another child three years after the first, as often occurs, then their union can be expected to last about four more years. That makes them ripe for the more familiar phenomenon portrayed in the Marilyn Monroe classic The Seven-Year Itch...